Stocks Inch Higher

Stocks are modestly higher on Monday, following on from last
week’s strong rally. General Motors
(
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PowerRating)
is in the news,
after United Auto Workers union members walked off the job this
morning. The nationwide strike is the first in 37 years for GM (full
story
).

The U.S. dollar continues to decline, hitting yet another
record low versus the euro.

Crude oil is falling, for the second straight session and gold
is rising again.

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Stocks in the News

TJX
(
TJX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Reaches Settlement Deal to Resolve Customer Class Actions (read
more
).

Arris Group
(
ARRS |
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News |
PowerRating)
to Acquire C-COR
(
CCBL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
for
About $730 Mln in Cash and Stock (read
more
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our
Breaking News section.


Market Snapshot

Dow

19.02 13839.21

NASDAQ

15.34 2686.56

S&P 500

0.68 1526.43

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

590,518,630 887,746,128

Up Volume

310,080,070 504,119,767

Down Volume

274,962,550 367,087,879

Advances

1598 1390

Declines

1572 1465

New Highs

134 103

New Lows

32 35


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Industrial
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Airlines
Data
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Residential Construction
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Stores

General Contractors





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